Events
Human Rights Pizza & Movie Night: "Slumdog Millionaire"
Date and Time
Thursday, March 16, 2017 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Description
Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai,
is about to experience the biggest day of his life. He is just one
question away from winning the grand prize on the Indian version of
“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the
night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a
“slumdog” with very little education know so much?
Desperate to
prove his innocence, Jamal recounts the story of his life in the slum
where he grew up with each chapter of his story revealing the key to
the answer to one of the game show's questions. “Slumdog” brings a
voice to the slums of Mumbai and touches on issues of poverty, income
distribution, corrupt law enforcement
officials, prostitution, and
religious discrimination.